Now that v1.0.0 has been tagged and released today, let's take a look at how we can use an async SQLite database in a non-blocking PHP application, how it compares to other databases and why I think @ReactPHP's design makes it a perfect fit.

About SQLite

SQLite is a widespread and efficient in-process database. It offers a common SQL interface to process queries to work with its relational data in memory or persist to a simple, portable database file. Its lightweight design makes it an ideal candidate for an embedded database in portable (CLI) applications, test environments and much more.

This library provides you a simple API to work with your SQLite database from within PHP. Because working with SQLite and the underlying filesystem is inherently bl

Once again, the version number and its release history suggests this is not exactly a new project. In fact, this has been used in production in a larger number of projects for a few years already. So I guess it's about time to write an introductory blog post about this project, what Redis is all about and why I think @ReactPHP's design makes it a perfect fit.

About Redis

Redis is an open source, advanced, in-memory key-value database. It offers a set of simple, atomic operations in order to work with its primitive data types. Its lightweight design and fast operation makes it an ideal candidate for modern application stacks.

This library provides you a simple API to work with your Redis database from within PHP. It

Today, we're very happy to announce the immediate availability of the next major beta release of reactphp/child-process, the event-driven library for executing child processes with ReactPHP. 🎉

ReactPHP ❤️ Windows

As the main feature of this v0.6.0 release, this library now has limited Windows support and supports passing custom pipes and file descriptors to the child process. Let's look into why we think this is a major milestone for this project and how this can be used to spawn a child process to offload a blocking process in a non-blocking way with ReactPHP.

This post aims more for the "why" instead of "what" has changed. This release involves a few minor BC breaks, but we expect that most consumers of this package will actually not be affected. If you're upgrading from a previous version of this project, you may want to take a look at the changelog describing all

Today, we're very happy to announce the immediate availability of the next v1.2.0 feature release of reactphp/socket, the async, streaming plaintext TCP/IP and secure TLS socket server and client for ReactPHP. 🎉

As the main feature of this release, this library now has improved support for secure TLS 1.3 connections for both server side connections as well as client side connections. TLS 1.3 is an official standard as of August 2018. The protocol has major improvements in the areas of security, performance, and privacy. It is an exciting protocol update that we can expect to benefit from for years to come. Not only will encrypted connections (such as HTTPS) become faster, but they will also be more secure. If you want to learn more about TLS 1.3, see also CloudFlare's excellent introduction.

Async SSH proxy connector and forwarder, tunnel any TCP/IP-based protocol through an SSH server, built on top of ReactPHP.

Now that v1.0.0 has been tagged and released today, let's take a look at how we can use SSH tunnels as a powerful feature for many different use cases, how it compares to other proxy protocols and why I think @ReactPHP's design makes it a perfect fit.

SSH proxy a.k.a. SSH tunnel

Secure Shell (SSH) is a secure network protocol that is most commonly used to access a login shell on a remote server. Its architecture allows it to use multiple secure channels over a single connection. Among others, this can also be used to create an "SSH tunnel", which is commonly used to tunnel HTTP(S) traffic through an intermediary ("proxy"), to conceal the origin address (anonymity) or to

Today, we're very happy to announce the immediate availability of the next major beta release of friends-of-reactphp/mysql, the async MySQL database client for ReactPHP. 🎉

Now that v0.5.0 has been tagged and released today, let's look into why we believe the new API provides significant new features that warrant a major version bump. While existing code will continue to work without changes, you're highly recommended to consider using the new lazy connections as detailed below. Alright, let's be lazy!

Eager database connections

friends-of-reactphp/mysql provides a pure PHP implementation for accessing an existing MySQL database with ReactPHP. It allows you to asynchronously connect to your database and send queries to it. Depending on your use case, you can use multiple concurrent connections or use @ReactPHP's vast ecosystem to concurrency access other servic

Async SOCKS proxy connector client and server implementation, tunnel any TCP/IP-based protocol through a SOCKS5 or SOCKS4(a) proxy server, built on top of ReactPHP.

Don't be fooled by the version number: Its release history suggests this is not exactly a new project. In fact, this is the first project that got me started with @ReactPHP around six years ago (time flies by) and has been used in production in a number of projects ever since. So I guess it's about time to write an introductory blog post about this project, what SOCKS proxy servers can be used for and why I think @ReactPHP's design makes it a perfect fit.

Pull your SOCKS up

The SOCKS proxy protocol family (SOCKS5, SOCKS4 and SOCKS4a) is commonly used to tunnel HTTP(S) traffic through an intermediary ("proxy"), to conceal the origin address (anonym

Simple, async SOAP web service client library, built on top of ReactPHP.

To answer the first thing you may be wondering: Yes, it is 2018 and indeed, this project has been used in production in a number of projects for a few of years already. So I guess it's about time to write an introductory blog post about this project, how SOAP requests can be used and why I think @ReactPHP's design makes it a perfect fit. Warning, terrible puns ahead.

SOAP shouldn't make you feel dirty

Most notably, SOAP is often used for invoking Remote procedure calls (RPCs) in distributed systems. Internally, SOAP messages are encoded as XML and usually sent via HTTP POST requests. Each SOAP web service may offer any number of RPC functions. These are usually defined in a public [WSDL](https://en

Async HTTP proxy connector, use any TCP/IP-based protocol through an HTTP CONNECT proxy server, built on top of ReactPHP.

Once again, the version number and its release history suggests this is not exactly a new project. In fact, this has been used in production in a number of projects for a couple of years already. So I guess it's about time to write an introductory blog post about this project, what HTTP CONNECT proxy servers can be used for and why I think @ReactPHP's design makes it a perfect fit.

HTTP CONNECT

HTTP CONNECT proxy servers (also commonly known as "HTTPS proxy" or "SSL proxy") are commonly used to tunnel HTTPS traffic through an intermediary ("proxy"), to conceal the origin address (anonymity) or to circumvent address blocking (geoblocking). While many (public) HTTP CONNECT proxy